Inventions
Get inspired with profiles and biographies of famous inventors and their inventions. Then, become an inventor yourself with our resources for transforming your ideas into consumer products.
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Sample Business Plan
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FAQ: What is Electricity?
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Creativity & Creative Thinking
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History of the Agricultural Revolution
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Fact or Fiction: Did Agapito Flores Invent the Fluorescent Lamp?
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The History of the Ugly Christmas Sweater
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September Calendar of Famous Inventions and Birthdays
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January Calendar of Famous Inventions and Birthdays
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Who Invented the Toothpick?
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October Calendar of Famous Inventions and Birthdays
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Invention Funding: How Inventors Raise Money
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Smartphone Technologies of the Future
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The Origins of the Term, 'Horsepower'
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How to File for a Design Patent
How a Space Elevator Would Work
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A Short History of the Scientific Revolution
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Who Invented Earth Day?
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Historic Politicians You Didn't Know Were Also Inventors
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National Inventors Month
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Easter Egg Photo Gallery
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Review of the MI Guitar by Magic Instruments
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NASA Spin-Offs: From Space Technology to Earth Invention
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The History of Steel
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The Top Countries for Biotech Firms and Research
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An Overview of Biotechnology and the Biotech Industry
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Before You Start an Inventors Log Book
Biography of Cyrus McCormick, Inventor of the Mechanical Reaper
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Biography of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Father of Microbiology
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Biography of James Watt, Inventor of the Modern Steam Engine
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Biography of Granville T. Woods, American Inventor
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Biography of Marvin Stone, Inventor of Drinking Straws
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Biography of Charles Wheatstone, British Inventor and Entrepreneur
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Biography of John Heysham Gibbon Jr., Heart-Lung Machine Inventor
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Quotes of the Wright Brothers
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Who Created Wi-Fi, the Wireless Internet Connection?
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The History of Photography: Pinholes and Polaroids to Digital Images
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Biography of Ruth Handler, Inventor of Barbie Dolls
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James Hargreaves and the Invention of the Spinning Jenny
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Important Innovations and Inventions, Past and Present
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The History of Pinball
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How Do Steam Engines Work?
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The Development of Clocks and Watches Over Time
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Who Invented Bluetooth?
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Fabrics - The History of Fabrics and Different Fibers
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells Innovation for the 21st Century
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How the Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer Works
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Samuel Morse and the Invention of the Telegraph
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Inventions Using Nanotechnology
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Invention of Credit Cards
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The History of Spacewar: The First Computer Game
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Who Invented Scissors?
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Native American Inventions
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History of Mail and the Postal System
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History of American Agriculture
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The History of Candy Canes
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The History of Neon Signs
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The History of 7UP and Charles Leiper Grigg
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The History of Sonar
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Top 100 Inventions Made in Canada
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The Inventors Behind the Creation of Television
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Inventions and Inventors of the Agricultural Revolution